Old Master Su's actions undoubtedly touched the hearts of Su Yuyan and her father, Su Qichuan.
"Grandpa, you'll be alright! You can definitely get better!" Su Yuyan sobbed, her tears streaming down her face, smudging her makeup.
She turned to Zhou Yu, pleading, "Zhou Yu, you must have a way to cure my grandfather, right? I beg you, please think of something else! I don't want him to lie in bed until... until..."
Su Yuyan's cries caused Su Qichuan and Su Xingyang immense pain.
"Zhou Yu, is there truly no way?" Su Qichuan asked, though he already knew the answer. He still wanted to ask one last time. After all, countless renowned doctors had treated the old master over the years, and only Zhou Yu had discovered he was poisoned.
Zhou Yu's gaze was complex. After a long while, he slowly shook his head.
"You can't give up! He's my cousin's grandfather! Since you've already fulfilled the engagement and become her husband, you can't give up so easily!" Su Xingyang shouted. His feelings for Old Master Su were just as strong as Su Yuyan's.
Zhou Yu had given them hope, only to immediately announce despairing news. Who could bear such a blow? Su Xingyang certainly couldn't. He knew how guilt-ridden his father felt towards Old Master Su over the years; every meal mentioned the old man lying in bed at the ancestral home. If Old Master Su could never stand again...
"Xingyang!" Su Qichuan grabbed his son. He knew Zhou Yu had done his best. Given his relationship with Su Yuyan, if there were any other solutions, he wouldn't have spoken that way.
"Dad, we can't give up!" Su Xingyang cried. Su Qichuan's eyes welled with tears, but he merely patted his son's shoulder and remained silent.
Zhou Yu looked at Su Qichuan and his son with tears in their eyes, and then at Su Yuyan, who was kneeling by Old Master Su's bed, weeping inconsolably. He was momentarily stunned. Perhaps it had gone too far?
Just then, he finally saw Zhang Rufeng.
"Zhou Yu is a divine doctor! Even a divine doctor said he can't cure the old master, so what's the use of you crying? If you ask me, you should hurry and find out who poisoned him."
Initially, Zhang Rufeng had been uneasy upon hearing that Zhou Yu had discovered Old Master Su was poisoned. But then he said he couldn't cure the old master. With that, what was there for her to fear? As long as the old master couldn't stand, Su Qishan would be in charge of the Su family! It didn't matter whether it was Zhou Yu or Su Qichuan!
As for investigating the poisoner, since Zhou Yu couldn't identify the specific poison or provide an antidote, no clues would be found no matter how they searched. Moreover, her suggestion to investigate was merely a show. She and Su Qishan would never genuinely investigate. After all, wouldn't that be investigating themselves?
"Rufeng is right. Someone dared to poison the old master, they're truly audacious! If I find out who it is, I'll cripple them!" Su Qishan added, echoing his wife. The couple's synchronized performance made them appear confident, as if the poisoner had absolutely no connection to them.
However, Zhou Yu was waiting for the Su Qishan couple.
"Oh? Uncle Su, if you found out who poisoned the old master, would you truly cripple them yourself?" Zhou Yu asked with a half-smile. His words were pointed, and any intelligent person could understand their implication.
As if on cue, Zhang Rufeng immediately sneered, "Zhou Yu! I called you a divine doctor earlier only out of respect for the old master and Yuyan! Do you really think you're some kind of divine doctor just because you can't cure the old master's illness?"
"Whether I'm a divine doctor or not isn't important to me, but you'll soon know what terrifying things you're about to encounter," Zhou Yu sneered.
Hearing this, Su Qishan became displeased. Zhou Yu's frequent disrespect towards Zhang Rufeng was tantamount to disrespecting him, the head of the Su family. Furthermore, this brat was now Su Yuyan's husband! If he were allowed to remain so arrogant, how could Su Qishan manage the vast Su family?
"Zhou Yu! You must always remember, you are a junior! No matter what Rufeng says, she is Yuyan's stepmother. Are you not showing me, your father-in-law, any respect by talking back to her like this?"
Father-in-law? Hearing Su Qishan refer to himself as his father-in-law, Zhou Yu almost burst out laughing. This man had a truly thick skin!
"Uncle Su, you know you're my father-in-law now? But earlier, you disagreed with Yuyan and me being together. What happened? Did you change your mind so quickly? Or are you just an indecisive person?" From this moment on, Zhou Yu intended to expose the hypocrisy of Su Qishan and Zhang Rufeng, bit by bit! If Su Qishan continued to lead the Su family, it would undoubtedly decline. Even for the sake of his relationship with the old man and Old Master Su, Zhou Yu wouldn't mind helping out!
"Brat! You're getting too big for your boots! Dad, look at how this kid talks to his father-in-law!" Su Qishan walked to Old Master Su's bedside, pointed at Zhou Yu, and acted as if he would teach him a lesson. In reality, even now, Su Qishan was still plotting to force Zhou Yu out and separate him from his daughter.
However, Old Master Su remained completely unmoved. Seeing this, Su Qishan continued, "Dad! Don't be deceived by this kid's sweet talk! How is he a divine doctor? He can't even cure the poison in your body. Such a quack, and he calls himself a divine doctor? I think he just brainwashed Yuyan, so she secretly invited him into our home to treat you."
"Old Master, Qishan is right. What's so good about this Zhou fellow? Compared to Zhang Shaohua of the Zhang family, he's like..." Seeing her husband launch his offensive, Zhang Rufeng also wanted to join in.
Unexpectedly, what happened next shocked everyone present.
*Slap!*
A resounding slap landed squarely on Su Qishan's face!
Su Qishan was stunned. Zhang Rufeng was also stunned. Su Qichuan and Su Xingyang were equally dumbfounded. The slap had come too suddenly, catching everyone off guard.
"Zhou Yu doesn't deserve to be called a divine doctor? What kind of nonsense are you spouting! Do you know whose disciple he is?" After slapping Su Qishan, Old Master Su glared at Zhang Rufeng and cursed, "And you, troublemaker! If you hadn't been fanning the flames by my son's side every day, would he have become this way?"
"Old Master, I..."
"You still want to quibble?"
"I..."
"Zhang Rufeng! Do you really think we haven't seen that it was you who poisoned me?"
*Boom!*
Old Master Su's words once again shocked everyone. Zhang Rufeng and Su Qishan looked at the old man in bed in disbelief.
"Grandpa, what did you say? You said my stepmother poisoned you?" Su Yuyan asked, lifting her head. Although she had already suspected this possibility, hearing it from Old Master Su's mouth was entirely different from her own conjecture.